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3D PRINTING
Integra adds 3D printers to
its print service offering
Working in partnership with Centrex Print
Services, Integra Office Solutions has added
3D printers and printing consumables to its
service offering.
The 3D printing market is forecast
to be worth over £10 billion dollars by
2021, and as the technology becomes
more affordable, the sales opportunities
available to dealers will increase. Integra is
working with Centrex to help its members
target customers and exploit the potential
of this lucrative market.
A range of 3D printers and
consumables are featured within both the
2016 Education Essentials programme and
the 2017 Integra Catalogue programme,
available exclusively to members.
Members can also access email campaigns
advertising their ability to supply 3D
printers.
Centrex provides Integra members
with a full service and support programme
delivered by over 140 technology experts,
technicians and call centre staff, including
70 mobile field technicians and 40 internal
bench repair engineers. It offers installation
and maintenance services across mainland
UK.
In addition to 3D printers, Centrex
offers Integra members a unique supply
and install service for HP and Lexmark
compatible fuser and maintenance kits,
with the opportunity to achieve margins of
up to 30%.
World’s first 3D office opens
The Dubai Futures Foundation, a government
initiative aimed at promoting pioneering and
innovative projects and partnerships, has
created the world’s first office building to be
created using a 3D printing process.
The opening of the ‘Office of the
Future’ was attended by 50 invited guests
and partners, including His Excellency
Mohammed Al Gergawi, Minister of
Cabinet Affairs & the Future in the Federal
Government of the United Arab Emirates,
and Mr. Saif Al Aleeli, CEO of the Dubai
Future Foundation.
The Office of the Future, a fully
functional building complete with
electricity, water, telecommunications, air-
conditioning systems and interior design
3D printing: what’s new
by Bene, was created over a period of 17
days on a printer six metres high and 45
metres long.
Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al
Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime
Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai,
said: “We view this project as a reference
point in the development of 3D technology,
which will be of major significance for
governments, as well as for international
research and development centres. We
are documenting our experiences with 3D
printing over the course of the project and
want to build on our experiences so that we
can develop the technology even further.”
HP Inc. enters 3D printing
market
HP Inc. has unveiled the world’s first
production-ready commercial 3D printing
system, marking the next major step in its
journey to bring disruptive manufacturing
solutions to market.
The company says that the HP Jet Fusion
3D Printing Solution revolutionises design,
prototyping and manufacturing and, for the
first time, delivers superior quality physical
parts up to 10 times faster and at half the
cost of current 3D print systems.
HP is offering two new models of 3D
printer – the HP Jet Fusion 3D 3200 Printer
for prototyping and the HP Jet Fusion 3D
4200 Printer for prototyping and short-run
manufacturing – and associated tools
including intuitive software, an innovative
HP Jet Fusion 3D Processing Station with
Fast Cooling, and high quality materials.
Shapeways, a global 3D printing service
The Office of
the Future, a
fully functional
building ...
created over
a period of
17 days on
a printer six
metres high
and 45 metres
long
